I'm on my annual Army reserve training in Florida for a month so I decided to study for the Extra exam at night rather than watch TV. I took it last Thursday night in Tampa and just missed passing. Today, I took it again in Brandon passed it by a good margin!

I passed my Tech, Morse, and General all on the same day back in 2002. I took the Extra as well but did not pass it. So I guess the third time's the charm!

I sould have done it sooner! Feels so good to finally get it done. If you are a General, get cracking and upgrade!

I still have two weeks to go before I return home to Georgia and I plan on getting my code speed up to 15 WPM. No TV!

I'm on my annual Army reserve training in Florida for a month so I decided to study for the Extra exam at night rather than watch TV. I took it last Thursday night in Tampa and just missed passing. Today, I took it again in Brandon passed it by a good margin!

I passed my Tech, Morse, and General all on the same day back in 2002. I took the Extra as well but did not pass it. So I guess the third time's the charm!

I sould have done it sooner! Feels so good to finally get it done. If you are a General, get cracking and upgrade!

I still have two weeks to go before I return home to Georgia and I plan on getting my code speed up to 15 WPM. No TV!

Hey congratulations....

For me there was no better feeling than having the VE say "You're an Extra".

I celebrate for you and with you!!

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This has been a rush job for me - passed Tech and General in one setting last month - got first call sign 6-20 - the VE asked if I wanted to take the Extra then, really had not thought about it. Last Wed night took the extra and am now KV4PO - been a whirlwind. I do have one thought though - getting to this point puts me in the awkward position of having the "rights" but not the experience - I have worked in electronics most of my adult life - always wanted to do Ham Radio but never did - now the knowledge most pickup in the "doing" of being a Tech and progressing in steps over time is missing. There is something to be said about taking it slow - the theory is one thing, experience whole different ball of wax. I am now on a much more difficult and steeper learning curve.

So --- the point of all of this is - should we meet on the air, please be patient - the 2X2 indicates I should know what I am doing, I don't - but learning ;-) I also wish to congratulate all of you - Well done!! KV4PO

So --- the point of all of this is - should we meet on the air, please be patient - the 2X2 indicates I should know what I am doing, I don't - but learning ;-)

Most hams will be patient and helpful, but a few will not. You have two obligations in this regard: (1) When you come across hams who give you a hard time for not knowing something, or for not having taken a "real" test in an FCC office, or for not having the experience they think is necessary to hold a 2-by-2 call, or for not meeting some other goofy criterion they've cooked up in their heads, do not let them discourage you from enjoying the hobby, and (2) When you do get more experience, don't turn into one of them.

This has been a rush job for me - passed Tech and General in one setting last month - got first call sign 6-20 - the VE asked if I wanted to take the Extra then, really had not thought about it. Last Wed night took the extra and am now KV4PO - been a whirlwind. I do have one thought though - getting to this point puts me in the awkward position of having the "rights" but not the experience - I have worked in electronics most of my adult life - always wanted to do Ham Radio but never did - now the knowledge most pickup in the "doing" of being a Tech and progressing in steps over time is missing. There is something to be said about taking it slow - the theory is one thing, experience whole different ball of wax. I am now on a much more difficult and steeper learning curve.

So --- the point of all of this is - should we meet on the air, please be patient - the 2X2 indicates I should know what I am doing, I don't - but learning ;-) I also wish to congratulate all of you - Well done!! KV4PO

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I'm in the same boat as you. I took the Tech test in May because I'm flying FPV RC airplanes and the video transmitters required a ham license to be legal. I was very active in CB in the late 60's and early 70's so I decided to get a HF vhf/uhf Icom IC-706 since I had my Ham license. The Icom has HF so of course I needed to get my general which I took in June, and figured I might as well get the Extra which I passed this month. I do a lot more listening at this point as I don't want to sound like a nube, but I'm in no rush I've made several contacts all over the world so far. It's all fun.

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